Air Force will be reaffirming its commitment to the Mountain West Conference and could soon sign a new grant of rights with the league, according to multiple reports. Previous intel suggested that Air Force was a target for the American Athletic Conference,

However, the clock is ticking. The Mountain West is in a proverbial sprint to secure its membership with financial incentives, much of which are derived from the exit and expected penalty fees owed to the league from those schools that left for the Pac-12. The exit and penalty fees are expected to eclipse $120 million.

Utah State has agreed to join the Pac-12 and will be its seventh member, sources briefed on the situation tell The Athletic, as a dramatic tug-of-war between the Pac-12 and Mountain West remains in flux.